SS Normandie Passenger List - 5 October 1938
Front Cover of a Tourist Passenger List from the famous SS Normandie of the French Line, Departing Wednesday, 5 October 1938 from Le Havre to New York via Southampton, Commanded by Captain Pierre THOREUX O.C. GGA Image ID # 157ea8e09e
Senior Officers and Staff
- Commander: Captain Pierre THOREUX, O. C.
- Second Captain: Joseph CAILLOCE
- Chief Engineer: Georges CUSSET
- Principal Physician: Dr. Joseph BOHEC, O.
- Purser: Henry VILLAR
- Security Officer: René LE BERRE
- Chief Deputy Engineer: Eugène LANG
- First Steward: Michel de VILLENEUVE
- Tourist Class Steward: Bernard AMEIL
- Second Physician: Dr. Yves BACHE
- Third Class Steward: Guy TOURNYOL du CLOS
- Assistant Steward: Roger LABARRE
- Chief Radio Officer: Joseph AUTIN
- Post Office Agent: Alexandre SEVENO
- Railways and Tourism Representative: Jean A. COLLIN
- Head Chef: Gaston MAGRIN
- Chief Maître d'Hôtel: Oliver NAFFRECHOUX, C. S.
- Chief Reception Officer: Pierre OLLAGNIER
- Baggage Master: Georges LE BARZIC
- Tourist Class Baggage Master: Pierre FLOCH
- Tourist Class Maître d'Hôtel: Jean Quere, M. Y.
- Chief Tourist Reception Officer: René BAULE
- Third Class Maître d'Hôtel: Ivan WROSEK, M. Y.
Listing of Senior Officers and Staff Members of the Famous SS Normandie of the French Line, From a Passenger List Dated 5 October 1938 Sailing From Le Havre to New York via Southampton. GGA Image ID # 1578d4846f
Tourist Passengers
Embarking at Le Havre
- Abbott, Mr M. L
- Abbott, Mrs. M. L.
- Abrahams, Mrs. L. E.
- Akin, Miss Greta
- Aldrich, Mrs. Nelson W.
- Altube, Mr J. J.
- Altube, Mrs. J. J.
- Anthony, Mme Delphine
- Arditti, Dr
- Arditti, Mme
- Arditti, Mile
- Arnaud, Mr Edouard
- Arnaud, Mrs. Edouard
- Arnaud, Mr Robert
- Arnaud, Mrs. Brigitte
- Athanas, Mr Nicholas G.
- Azzaro, Mr Andrew J.
- Baerwald, Mme Zora
- Bagaroff, Mrs. Eugenia
- Balassa, Miss Melanic
- Bazile, Mr Leon M.
- Bazile, Mrs. Virginia H.
- Bell, Mr George
- Belousek, Mrs. Hildegard
- Benedek, Mrs. Helen
- Benedetti, Mr L.
- Benedetti, Mrs. A.
- Benedetti, Miss L.
- Benzecry, Miss Lucielle
- Berg, Miss K.
- Bergler, Dr Edmund
- Bergler, Mrs. Marianne
- Bertolet, Mr James W.
- Beshilas, Mrs. Jennie H.
- Bethell, Lady H. Keppel
- Biedermann, Mr George
- Biedermann, Mis Emma
- Biedermann, Master Ralph
- Birkenholz, Dr Paul
- Birkenhoz, Mrs. Alice
- Blenkiron, Mr P. M.
- Blenkiron, Mrs. P M.
- Boedeker, Mr W. G.
- Boedeker, Mrs. W. G.
- Boedeker, Miss Jane
- Boldes, Miss Lily
- Bourdeau, Miss A.
- Bourdeau, Mr J. R.
- Bourdet, Mile Marie
- Bourquard, Mr Geo Hyde
- Bourquard, Mrs. Geo Hyde
- Bovet, Mrs. Bernard
- Brauns, Mr A.
- Bronneck, Von Gerhard K.
- Bronneck, Mrs. Margaret
- Branger, Mr Ernest
- Branger, Mrs. Ernest
- Brachman, Mr Meyer
- Branch, Mrs. G.
- Branger, Mr José
- Branger, Miss Maria S.
- Brown, Mr Ray
- Brown, Mrs. Ray
- Branger, Mile
- Branger, Mile Maria de L.
- Campani, Mr Peter
- Campani, Mrs. Irene
- Carleton, Mrs. Doris E.
- Cartier, Mme Marcel
- Castagnette, Misf Ch. L.
- Cathelat, Mr Georges
- Cattich, Mr Angelo G.
- Cattich, Mrs. Oliva
- Chandellier, Mr M. P.
- Chandellier, Mme P.
- Chandellier, Mile Rita
- Chavdaroff, Mr S. M.
- Chesneau, Miss Josephine
- Chusman, Mr Joseph W.
- Clarke, Miss Norma
- Coclin, Mr A. D.
- Combs, Mme J.
- Cormont, Mr Gaston
- Correa, Mme
- Correa, Mile
- Crohn, Mrs. Barbara Field
- Crohn, Master Burrill L.
- Crouse, Dr J.
- Crouse, Mrs. J.
- Culbert, Miss Florence
- Cumont, Mile Mathilde
- Cushman, Mr John B.
- Cushman, Mrs. A. L.
- Cushman, Mr Charles F.
- Cushman, Mr John B.
- Cushman, Mrs. John B.
- Davis, Mr W.
- Debruille, Mr Alexandre
- Delamare, Mr J. A.
- Desjardins, Mrs. Régine M.
- Desongh, Mr Wm F. H.
- Dick, Mlle
- Disano. Mr John
- Dorbert, Mr H.
- Douglas, Mr W. F.
- Douglas, Mrs. W. F.
- Drane, Mrs. W.
- Dumas, Miss Anderson
- Dumas, Mrs. Hal
- Dupont, Mme Henry
- Edwards, Mrs. I.
- Einstein, Miss Gertrud
- Enz, Mr A.
- Fanta, Mr Kamiilo J.
- Fanta, Mrs. Kamiilo J.
- Fantham, Mr M. C.
- Fantham, Mrs. M. C.
- Fasoli, Mrs. Sh. R.
- Faxon, Mrs. Robert M.
- Ferber, Mr L.
- Ferber, Mrs. L.
- Ferrand, Mme Marcelle
- Fingerhut, Mr Julius
- Fingerhut, Mrs. Julius
- Fink, Mme Lisbeth
- Fischer, Mr Morris
- Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Thomas
- Foroscij, Mrs
- Forrester, Miss Jean
- Foulon, Mme Marie
- Fox, Mr Harry
- Friedland, Mr Harry W.
- Friedman, Mlle Sophie
- Funk, Mr Casimir
- Fyfe, Mr George D.
- Gardner, Mrs. R.
- Gibb, Mr Thomas W.
- Goldberg, Dr S. J.
- Goldstein, Mr Jack
- Goldstein, Mr S.
- Goldstein, Mrs. S.
- Gollomb, Mr Joseph
- Gorman, Mr Charles
- Govatos, Mr Clem
- Govatos, Mrs. Clem
- Govatsos, Mr J.
- Govatsos, Mrs. J.
- Govatsos, Master G.
- Graeber, Mr Charles K.
- Graham, Dr Thomas N.
- Graham, Mrs. Thomas N.
- Griffits, Mlle Elisabeth B.
- Grub, Mrs. Anita
- Grunewald, Mr Walter
- Grunewald, Mrs. Walter
- Guay, Mr
- Guego, Mlle Yvonne
- Guillemin, Mr Maurice
- Guillemln, Mrs. Maurice
- Gunhouse, Miss Rosalind
- Hadjistravou, Mine Despina
- Haggerty, Mr James J.
- Haim, Dr Joseph
- Haim, Mrs. Edith
- Haie, Mr Chester
- Hallowell, Mr Robert H.
- Halloweil, Mrs. Robert H.
- Hallowell, Mr Samuel H.
- Hamer, Mrs. A. A.
- Hamer, Master J. M. F.
- Hamilton, Dr Lewis G.
- Hamilton, Mrs. Lewis G.
- Hancock, Miss Elizabeth
- Hancock, Mr Walker
- Harden Jr, Mr Henry C.
- Hartnett, Mr Eugène
- Hayum, Mrs. Esther
- Hayum, Mr Lsaac
- Hegarty, Miss Margaret
- Henry, Mr Robert F.
- Henry, Mrs. Robert F.
- Hermelin, Mr Marcel
- Herzfeld, Mr Boni
- Herzfeld, Mme Beni
- Hickman, Mr Francis G.
- Hidalgo, Mlle BIva
- Higginson, Mr K. Pena
- Higginson, Mrs. R. Pena
- Hildreth, Mr Melvin D.
- Hill, Dr H. W.
- Hill, Mrs. H. W.
- Hirschberg, Mme Eisa
- Hirschberg, Dr H. T.
- Hobson, Mr Stanton M.
- Heaton, Dr Walter R.
- Hollander, Mrs. L. Preston
- Hooker, Mrs. Caroline A.
- Hopkins, Miss Florence
- Howard, Mr Lawrence A.
- Hubenet, Mme Wm W.
- Hudson, Mr Sam
- Hudson, Mrs. Sam
- Hyman, Mr T.
- Hyman, Mrs. L.
- Isenberg, Mrs. Erna
- Isenberg, Mr Saily
- Isenberg, Mr Norbert
- Jakoby, Mrs. J.
- Jambet, Mr Pierre
- Jambet, Mrs. P.
- Janatka, Mr Richard G.
- Jensen, Mrs. Jenny
- Jockmus, Mr Leslie H.
- Jones, Mr Roy E.
- Katz, Mr Jakob
- Kelly, Mr Fred C.
- Kelly, Mrs. Fred C.
- Kelly, Mr Frank X.
- Kelmelis, Rev. Ignatius
- Kelton, Miss Grace B.
- Kenney, Mr Joseph A.
- Kenney, Mme Irène A.
- Kenny, Mlle Joséphine
- King, Dr A.
- King, Mrs. A.
- King, Mr R. W.
- King, Dr Elmer S.
- King, Mrs. Alta E.
- Kleefeld, Miss T.
- Knauff, Miss Pauline
- Knill, Mr H. Charles
- Knill, Mrs. Besste L.
- Kocher, Mr Walter
- Kohn, Miss Eisa
- Kohn, Mr Howard E.
- Labat, Mr André
- Laing, Mr J. M.
- Lakatos, Mr A.
- Lambert de Cuise, Mr D. B.
- Lambert de Guise, Mrs. D. B.
- Langlois, Mr R. M. I.
- Langsner, Miss Lily
- Laplante, Mlle Ironie
- Larose, Mr Ludovic
- Lauly, Mr Victor
- Lavalle, Mme Hedda
- Lavalle, Mlle Hélène
- Laws, Mr John W.
- Layman, Mrs. Frank E.
- Leclerq, Mr Frédéric
- Lefbom, Mme G.
- Lefbom, Master Wm.
- Letellier, Mrs. Louise
- Levert, Miss Andrée
- Levy, Mrs. Anna
- Lewin, Mr Siegfried
- Lewin, Mrs. Elisabeth
- Lewin, Miss Gerda
- Lewin, Miss Hildegard
- Lipton, Miss Charlotte
- Loewy, Mr F.
- Loewy, Mme A.
- Loewy, Mlle L.
- Long, Mr Olivier
- Loughborough, MJss Lucie May
- Loughbourough, Mrs. Sallie M.
- Lucioni, Mr Louis J.
- Maeck, Mr Ph.
- Manfrini, Misn Juliet
- Manigold, Miss Bcssie E.
- Marinoff, Mrs. Radka
- Mark, Mr Robert L.
- Maroon, Mr H T.
- Martis, Mr Josef
- Marx, Mme Berta
- Marx, Miss Alice
- Mayer Raiss, Mrs. A.
- Mastrangelo, Mr Elio
- Mefkure, Mile A.
- Meister, Mrs. Edith
- Meyer, Mr A. D.
- Micheau, Miss Janine
- Miller, Mr Adam
- Miller, Mr Stuart C.
- Milo, Mr H. L.
- Mohammud, Mr Gulam
- Molony, Miss Jeanne
- Monk, Mr Julius Whiters
- Monsalock, Rev. Rafaël
- Moore, Mr Wm A.
- Moore, Mrs. Wm A.
- Moshona, Mr
- Moshona, Mme
- Moulton, Miss Helen
- Mouradian, Mme A.
- Mueller, Mr M.
- Mueller, Mrs. M.
- Mclntyre, Mr Wm P.
- McOrley, Mr Joseph
- McOrley, Mrs. Joseph
- McOrley Jr, Mr Joseph
- Nachmann, Mr
- Nachmann, Mrs
- Nadetzky, Mr Pierre
- Nadetzky, Mrs. Pierre
- Olson, Miss Margaret
- Ortiz, Mr Andres
- Ortiz, Mrs. M. de
- Ortiz, Miss Fideiia C.
- Osius, Mrs. Louise Z.
- Osius, Miss Patita L.
- Ostermaier, Mr
- Ostermaier, Mme
- Palffy, Countess Eleanor
- Palmer, Dr P. R.
- Papazian, Mr Mikael
- Pappadakis, Mme Aspasia
- Parker, Mrs. Challen R.
- Parker, Miss Betty
- Parrish, Dr M. E.
- Patino, Mr Emilo A.
- Patterson Jr, Mrs. Joseph G.
- Pearson, Mr S.
- Peissakabt, Mrs. Elizabeth
- Pelerwandjian, Mr Minasse
- Pelerwandjian, Mrs. Louise
- Pelerwandjian. Master K.
- Pica, Mr Anthony
- Pichard, Miss Bertha M.
- Plateau, Mrs. Evelya I.
- Poole, Mr Ralph
- Poole, Mrs. Ralph
- Posnansky, Dr Margot
- Powell, Mrs. Horace
- Price, Mr Reginald O.
- Prouth, Mr Georg
- Reese, Mrs. Stella
- Reid, Mr Stanley B.
- Reynard, Mr Antoine
- Reynard, Mrs. Emilie
- Roheim, Dr Géza
- Roheim, Mrs. Holen
- Rosenblatt, Mr Henry
- Routhier, Rev. Henri
- Rubinstein, Mr Jacques
- Sadler, Mr H. M.
- Sanders. Mrs. Germaine
- Sandor, Mr Georges
- Schachner, Miss Sylvia
- Schlaepfer, Mr J. J.
- Schlussel, Mr Santord
- Schmidt, Mrs. Mary A.
- Schneiker, Mrs. Elizabeth
- Schober, Mr Jolm P.
- Schober, Mrs. John P.
- Scholz, Mr Robert
- Schulmann, Dr H.
- Schulmann, Mme K.
- Schuschny, Mr Franz
- Schuschny, Mrs. Herta
- Sekerak, Mr John P.
- Semaneche, Mr Georges
- Shayne, Mr D. M.
- Shayne, Mrs. D. M.
- Silverman, Mr H.
- Silverman, Mrs. H.
- Single, Mr Erwin A.
- Smith, Mrs. George H.
- Smith, Miss Jean
- Smith, Miss Colette
- Snyder, Mr Frank
- Snyder, Mrs. Frank
- Sokoloff, Mme A. M. de
- Sokoloff, Mr Georges de
- Spier, Mlle Jean
- Stella, Dr Giovanni
- Stern, Dr Robert
- Stem, Mme Gabrielle
- Stern, Master Otto
- Sternfield, Mrs. S.
- Stivanello, Mr Agostino
- Stuhlbach, Mr M.
- Stuhlbach, Mrs. M.
- Suter, Mr E.
- Swing, Mr Raymond G.
- Swing, Mrs. RaymonJ G.
- Szajnhole, Mr Hersz
- Tabailloux, Mme Marie L.
- Tamari, Mr Abraham
- Tamari, Mr Jalcob
- Taylor, Mme Gurney
- Thomas, Mr H. Grsgory
- Tishman, Mr Irvinj
- Tovar, Mr Juan
- Tovar, Mme Juan
- Truchot, Mme Marie Jeanne
- True, Mr Wallace W.
- Turquetil, Son Exc. Arsène
- Tymann, Miss Sylvia
- Tyrnauer, Mr Alfred
- Tyrnauer, Miss Alfred
- Ullman, Miss Florence
- Umana, Mr Eusebio
- Umana, Mme Eusebio
- Vagianos, Mr Elefterios
- Vandusen, Mrs. Eveïyn E.
- Varvayanis, Mrs. Zinovla
- Varvayanis, Mr Panaycotes
- Varvayanis, Mr John
- Vaskova, Mrs. A.
- Venturino, Mlle Marguerite
- Villeneuve, Mr Gabriel
- Villeneuve, Mrs. Gabriel
- Waerndorfer, Mrs. A.
- Warner, Miss Jeanne
- West, Miss Joseph A.
- Wilber, Mr H. S.
- Wilber, Mrs. H. S.
- Wilson Jr, Mr C. W.
- Windschauer, Mr Mae
- Windschauer. Mr Kurt
- Windschauer, Miss Annie
- Wiseler, Mrs. Joseph
- Wiseler, Mr Joseph
- Wissling, Mlle Marie
- Wright Jr, Mrs. J. L.
- Zelenka, Mr Francis
- Zelenka, Mrs. Francis
- Zeleznik, Miss Alice
- Zloczower, Mme Ella
- Zloczower, Mr Walter
- Zloczower, Mme A.
Embarking at Southampton
- Abrahams, Miss
- Ainslie, Miss C. P.
- Ainslie, Miss B. H.
- Bailly, Mr Edward A.
- Bailly, Mrs. Edward A.
- Baker, Miss Janet Eith Vining
- Barker, Mr C. H.
- Batty, Mrs. Leila
- Bauer, Mr Walter
- Baumberger, Prof. J. P.
- Baumberger, Mr. Albetla L.
- Benario, Mme Paula
- Bensinger, Mr Moritz
- Benson, Miss Rita
- Bonyhady, Mr Emil
- Bonyhady, Mme Gertrude
- Briscoe, Mr A.
- Campbell, Mr J. M.
- Campbell, Mr Malcolm
- Caskey, Mr L. D.
- Caskey, Mrs. L. D.
- Chenivesse, Mr Emil
- Clary, Mrs. E.
- Cohn, Miss L.
- Cooper, Miss Una
- Cooper, Mrs. E.
- Corner Jr, Mr Douglas
- Crouch, Mr H. B.
- Crouch, Mrs. Meryl
- Daniel, Mr Leon
- Darmara, Mr Falih Nazmi
- Daspit, Miss Elisabeth W.
- Davis, Miss Ethcl May
- Denmark, Mrs. Elisabeth
- Denson, Mr W. F.
- Denson, Mrs. W. F.
- Desai, Dr M. N.
- Dick, Miss
- Dick, Mrs. Langhorne Bullitt
- Dickins, Miss Joan
- Dorrien-Smith, Cap. A.R.A.
- Dorrien-Smith, Mrs. A.R.A.
- Edelman, Mr S.
- Eichelberger, Mr Clark M
- Elgart, Mr Ernest
- Feng, Dr L. O.
- Finkelstein, Mr Vladimir
- Fisher, Mr J. B.
- Fitzpatrick, Mr J.
- Flemm, Mrs. Paulyne A.
- Foulkes, Mr Arthur
- Foulkes, Mrs. Arthur
- Franklin, Mrs. Catherine
- Franklin, Miss Hazel
- Frakson, Mr
- Funk, Mr Henry
- Goetz, Mr Erwin J.
- Grawi, Dr Julius
- Grawi, Mrs. Suzanne
- Greenwood, Mrs. C. K.
- Grinling, Mrs. James
- Gustavson, Miss Kathe R.
- Gyde, Mr Arnold G.
- Hamilton, Mr William H.
- Hardie, Mr David
- Hardie, Mrs. John C.
- Hardie, Miss Irma E.
- Harris, Mr I. R.
- Heaslip, Dr J. D.
- Heaslip, Mrs. J. D.
- Herzenbergt Mr Joseph A.
- Herzenberg, Mrs. Joseph A.
- Hibbard, Mrs. John D.
- Hotchkin, Miss Pauline D.
- Johns, Mr C. R.
- Johns, Mrs. C. R.
- Johnston, Mr Arthur
- Kann, Miss Meryl
- Kaplan, Dr Milton
- Kennedy, Mr Thomas
- Koenigsberg, Mr N.
- Koenisberg, Mr V.
- Landman. Miss Goldie
- Larsen, Mrs. Summer
- Lea, Mrs. Miriam P.
- Leclerc, Mr Albert A.
- Leclerc, Mrs. Albert A.
- Lee, Mr C. O.
- Leonard Jr, Mr George Edward
- Leonard Jr, Mrs. George Edward
- Lohrke, Mr Eugène
- Lohrke, Mrs. Eugène
- Lowe, Mr James
- Marghab, Mr Emile
- Mathis, Miss Emilie M.
- Mongan, Miss Agnes
- Moor, Mrs. Winifred
- Morgan, Miss C. E.
- Morris, Mr E. S.
- Morris, Mrs. E. S.
- Moses, Mr A.
- Moses, Mrs. Ashe
- Mactavish, Mr Robert F.
- Newbery, Mr F. E.
- Newbery, Mrs. F. B.
- Nicholson, Mr H. E.
- Parkin, Mr J.
- Parkin, Mrs. J.
- Patrick, Miss Patricia
- Pearson, Mr G. R.
- Pearson, Mrs. G. R.
- Percy, Mr Harold S.
- Percy, Mrs. Harold S.
- Polack, Mr G.
- Polack, Mrs. G.
- Power, Mr Lawrence
- Ramos, Mr José I.
- Renshaw, Mr Kinsley
- Rice, Mrs. M.
- Rice, Master D.
- Ritson, Mr Joseph A.
- Ritson, Mrs. Joseph A.
- Roberts, Miss K. D.
- Kosenblatt, Mr Albert
- Rosenthal, Mr Lloyd L.
- Rosenthal, Mrs. Lloyd L.
- Ross, Mrs. Blanche A.
- Ross, Mr John Paul
- Ross, Mrs. M.
- Shaff, Mr David
- Shaff, Mrs. David
- Sharp, Mr James H.
- Sheshunoff, Mr A.
- Shields, Comm. George P.
- Shields, Mrs. George P.
- Smith, Mr F. S.
- Smith, Mrs. F. S.
- Smith, Mlle M. Shand
- Spahn, Mrs. Anna S.
- Spahn, Miss Irène A.
- Stewart, Mr Donald
- Stewart. Mr Frederick Vincent
- Stocks, Miss Laura E.
- Stonehill, Mr Charles
- Stonehill, Mrs. Charles
- Strachey, Mr
- Tannahill, Mrs. C. W.
- Throm, Miss Florence M.
- Tree, Mr Roland A. L.
- Turk, Dr R. C.
- Turk, Mrs. R. C.
- Wade, Miss Helen
- Walashim, Mr Anthony
- Walsh, Dr H. A.
- Walsh, Mrs. M.
- Walter, Mrs. Robert H.
- Watson, Dr Edgar
- Weiss, Mr F.
- Weiss, Mrs. F.
- Wilmot, Miss Isabel
- Wilson, Mr Ludwig M.
- Wilson, Mrs. Ludwig M.
- Wright, Miss Grace S.
- Wunderlich, Mr A. F.
- Zehnder, Mr A.
- Zehnder, Mrs. M.
- Zehnder, Miss A.
RÉCAPITULATION
- 420 CLASSE CABINE
- 606 CLASSE TOURISTE
- 450 TROISIÈME CLASSE
- 1.476 TOTAL
Horaire - Sailing List Schedule of French Line Ocean Liners Westbound and Eastbound Voyages or the Normandie, De Grasse, Ile de France, Champlain, and Paris From 7 September 1938 Through 10 January 1939. Announcement of 25-Day Rio Cruise on the French Line Flagship "Normandie," 4 February - 1 March 1939. GGA Image ID # 1578de258c
Passenger List Information
SS Normandie Tourist Class Passenger List – 5 October 1938
A Rare Artifact of Transatlantic Prestige and Art Deco Splendor
Description
GGA is delighted to present this Tourist Class Passenger List from the renowned SS Normandie, dated 5 October 1938, a collectible artifact emblematic of interwar elegance. This passenger list marks a voyage from Le Havre to New York via Southampton, commanded by Captain Pierre Thoreux O.C., encapsulating the luxury and grandeur of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (French Line).
Design and Condition
- Front Cover: Featuring the iconic Art Deco design synonymous with the Normandie’s branding, the cover is in Good condition, displaying vibrant graphics and minimal wear.
- Interior Pages: Exceptionally preserved, with crisp, legible text and no significant discoloration.
- Binding: Strong and intact, indicative of careful handling.
This document is an extraordinary example of the meticulous craftsmanship that defines the SS Normandie’s legacy.
Notable Passengers of Historical and Cultural Significance
The Normandie’s ability to attract luminaries from diverse fields is evident in this distinguished passenger list. Several individuals onboard warrant special recognition for their contributions to art, science, culture, and global affairs:
- Lady H. Keppel Bethell
- An esteemed member of British aristocracy, Lady Bethell’s presence underscores the Normandie’s reputation as a vessel for the elite.
- Dr. Casimir Funk
- A pioneering biochemist credited with coining the term “vitamin,” Funk’s travel on this voyage highlights the scientific prominence associated with the Normandie.
- Mlle Janine Micheau
- A celebrated French opera singer, Micheau was a rising star in the performing arts. Her journey aboard the Normandie symbolizes the liner’s status as a cultural hub.
- Countess Eleanor Palffy
- A distinguished European aristocrat, Countess Palffy’s inclusion reflects the Normandie’s appeal to high society and diplomacy.
- Dr. Giovanni Stella
- An Italian medical expert of international repute, Stella’s presence underscores the ship’s role in facilitating scientific and professional exchanges.
- Captain A.R.A. Dorrien-Smith and Mrs. Dorrien-Smith
- A notable figure in British naval and colonial administration, Captain Dorrien-Smith’s voyage reflects the Normandie’s strategic importance to global affairs.
- Dr. Geza Roheim
- A distinguished Hungarian anthropologist and psychoanalyst, Roheim’s inclusion exemplifies the ship’s attraction for intellectual and academic travelers.
- Raymond G. Swing and Mrs. Swing
- A prominent American journalist and broadcaster, Swing’s passage underscores the ship’s role as a connector of international thought leaders.
Historical and Cultural Context
The SS Normandie represented the pinnacle of maritime luxury and innovation in the pre-war era. This passenger list offers an intimate window into the ship’s clientele, blending global elites, artists, scientists, and diplomats. It captures the spirit of an era on the brink of transformation, preserving the final echoes of interwar opulence.
